Sunday, 20 September 2015

200 years ago, on 20 September 1815 died Nicolas Desmarest french geologist, who had studied the structure of volcanoes and wrote essays of its operations. He utilized his journeys (traveled a lot on foot), so expanded his knowledge of the Earth's structure. He wrote articles about the geological-physical into Diderot's enlightened encyclopedia.

He lived exactly 90 years, cause was born 16 September 1725 (290 years ago).